via press release:
CBS SPORTS AND TURNER SPORTS ANNOUNCE TIP-TIMES AND
ANNOUNCE TEAMS FOR REGIONAL SEMI-FINALS
Exclusive Coverage Continues with Regional Semi-Finals on Thursday, March 22, and Friday, March 23
Turner Sports and CBS Sports announce tip-times, match-ups and commentators for its exclusive coverage of the 2012 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship Regional Semi-Finals on Thursday, March 22, and Friday, March 23 (7:00 PM-12:00 Midnight ET), with all games available on TBS or CBS. The Infiniti NCAA Tip-Off pregame show will preview each night’s action on TBS at 6:00 PM.
Announce teams for the Regional Semi-Finals and Finals:
Play-By-Play/Analyst//Reporter
Jim Nantz/Clark Kellogg//Tracy Wolfson
Marv Albert/Steve Kerr//Craig Sager
Verne Lundquist/Bill Raftery//Lesley Visser
Kevin Harlan/Reggie Miller/Len Elmore//Marty Snider
Studio coverage continues with Greg Gumbel hosting along with analysts Charles Barkley, Greg Anthony and Kenny Smithfrom the CBS Broadcast Center in New York. Ernie Johnson hosts the studio coverage from Turner’s Atlanta studio with analysts Seth Davis and Steve Smith.
Below are tip-times for the Regional Semi-Final games, as well as announcer and production team assignments. Tip-times for the Regional Final games on Saturday, March 24, will be announced on Thursday after the conclusion of the day’s games. Tip-times for Sunday, March 25, will be released after the conclusion of play on Friday. For a complete channel guide, log on toNCAA.com/MyChannels.
Additionally, NCAA March Madness® Live provides a robust suite of products including live streaming video of all 67 games from the 2012 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship; personal channel lineup (MyChannel) features and schedule updates;social media integration; and real-time brackets, scores and stats across online and mobile platforms.
REGIONAL SEMI-FINAL GAMES
THURSDAY, MARCH 22
| Time | Network | Site | Game | Play-by-Play/Analyst//
Reporter Producer//Director |
| 7:15 PM ET | CBS | Boston I | Wisconsin vs. Syracuse | Verne Lundquist/Bill Raftery// |
| Lesley Visser | ||||
| Mark Wolff//Suzanne Smith | ||||
| 7:47 PM | TBS | Phoenix I | Louisville vs. Michigan State | Kevin Harlan/Reggie Miller/Len Elmore// Marty Snider |
| Steve Scheer//Mike Arnold | ||||
| after conc. I | CBS | Boston II | Cincinnati vs. Ohio State | Lundquist/Raftery// Visser |
| Wolff/Smith | ||||
| after conc. I | TBS | Phoenix II | Florida vs. Marquette | Harlan/Miller/Elmore// Snider |
| Scheer//Arnold |
REGIONAL SEMI-FINAL GAMES
FRIDAY, MARCH 23
| Time | Network | Site | Game | Play-by-Play/Analyst//
Reporter Producer//Director |
| 7:15 PM | CBS | Atlanta I | Baylor vs. Xavier | Jim Nantz/Clark Kellogg//Tracy Wolfson |
| Bob Dekas//Bob Fishman | ||||
| 7:47 PM | TBS | St. Louis I | North Carolina vs. Ohio | Marv Albert/Steve Kerr//Craig Sager |
| Scott Cockerill//Lonnie Dale | ||||
| after conc. I | CBS | Atlanta II | Kentucky vs. Indiana | Nantz/Kellogg//Wolfson |
| Dekas//Fishman | ||||
| after conc. I | TBS | St. Louis II | Kansas vs. N.C. State | Albert/Kerr//Sager |
| Cockerill// Dale |
